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    Airframe Family: Bell 209 / AH-1 Cobra
    Latest Model:AH-1S Cobra
    Last Military Serial:68-15123 US
    Construction Number:20657
    Compressed ID:Bell AH-1S sn 68-15123 US cn 20657
    Latest Owner or Location:Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 9392, Lowell, Wisconsin

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    Dates

    Event

    Circa 1968

    Constructed as an AH-1.

    April 1969

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 68-15123.

    June 1969

    Transferred to B BTRY 2BN 20A 1CAV, Vietnam.

    October 1969

    Transferred to 166 AVN MT 34GP, Vietnam.

    November 1969

    Transferred to Aradmac, Corpus Christi.

    December 1969

    Transferred to Bell Helicopters, Fort Worth.

    Converted to an AH-1S.

    July 1970

    Transferred to 610 TRANS CO, Vietnam.

    August 1970

    Transferred to 334 AHC, Vietnam.

    March 1972

    Returned to US.

    July 1972

    Transferred to Aradmac, Corpus Christi.

    December 1972

    Transferred to 90 AVN CO, AK.

    February 1973

    Transferred to 120th AVN CO, AK.

    June 1975

    Transferred to 568th TRANS CO, AK.

    August 1975

    Transferred to 120th AVN CO, Fort Richardson, AK.

    By August 1994

    Transferred to 1-147th Aviation Battalion, Wisconsin Army National Guard, Truax Field in Madison, WI.

    To Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 9392, Lowell, WI.
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    Markings Applied: U.S.ARMY AH-1S, U.S.SERIAL NO.68-15123, G, UNITED STATES ARMY, 0-15123

    2008


    Photographer: Andy West
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